Laptop recommendations for 6.x
Nik Clayton
nik at freebsd.org
Thu Feb 22 22:12:05 UTC 2007
Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> * Suspend to disk doesn't work
>
> And is not going to until someone writes the suspend to disk software
> for FreeBSD. Very few newer laptops do BIOS based suspend to
> disk. It's moved to the OS in Windows, so manufacturers don't waste
> money doing it any other way.
When you say "Very few", do you have a list of those, know where I could
find one, or know what I should be looking for (is there a particular
standard, for example, that the laptop needs to support?).
> Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and
> works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop.
The laptop's definitely going back -- it's owned by $employer, and I'm
moving on to pastures new.
N
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